Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg
(noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; “she kicked him in the balls and got away”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
testis (plural testes)
(anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
(biology) An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.
Source: Wiktionary
Tes"tis, n.; pl. Testes. Etym: [L.] (Anat.)
Definition: A testicle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.